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2014-15 Performances

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5.9 Season Average Rating
Appearances
31
Goals
7
Assists
2
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Rossa said:
He was a good footballer at Everton as well...
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He was a good player for them, but that was largely down to the way they used him. A lot of his uses come from his aerial threat, but at teams with ambitions to win trophies you're rarely going to see someone like him as a main starter. Not an awful player, but not one I rate particularly highly either despite his impressive game.

I'm open to being proven wrong and will happily admit I am if he has an excellent season, but I'm not going to completely change my opinion of him after one and a half games.
 
Cheesy said:
A bit over the top. He did well to get his goal on Monday and was fairly troubling for their defence, but I didn't think it was a particularly remarkable or excellent performance either. Did well today though, so I'll give him praise for that.

I still don't think he's going to be very good for us long-term, but he's playing well at the moment and is being used to good effect.
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I thought he was our best player on Monday (although looking back at the Match Day thread I see that Blind got MotM ahead of him admittedly). Not saying that it was a GOAT performance but if he is one of (or the single) best performer in our team, surely that should merit him keeping his place in the side?

Ekeke said:
I see almost nothing but praise for his performance. He plays well, he gets credit. Its pretty simple. It doesn't change his past performances but gives hope for the next ones
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Kostur said:
Mostly man-marking Fabregas, keeping him out of the game well. Other than that a couple of clearances or tackling, nothing groundbreaking. Tidy like other midfielders.
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Amar__ said:
Not really. He has been used as some kind of support for Januzaj but they aren't combining very well, altough Januzaj is having a good game. We are using him as our target man at times, van Gaal figured out quite easily he isn't really a cm, because Mata was probably more defensive than him through the game. Give me Herrera and we'll be much better.
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Sam said:
Take away any defensive responsibility and he looks, I don't want to say good, but a lot less shit?
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charleysurf said:
Been a competent midfield display, no more,but even that stands out at United these days. Blind has been a bit lax at times.
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Leroy The Red said:
Can't fault him today, done really well for all his limitations, if other players showed as much desire as he did today we might well have won.
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Sam said:
Just keep him anywhere else but our 1/3 of the pitch and he looks decent.
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Rykker_4united said:
He is so, so poor defensively and off the ball.
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Just from a brief skim. Plenty more veiled criticism and heavily guarded praise. If it were Herrera or Carrick who put in that performance, there would be much less negativity I would wager.
 
[QUOTE="Cheesy, post: 16638451, member: 62577"]One and a half good games though don't suddenly make him a good player - if we were going by that then Anderson and Cleverley would be judged as top players. Again, good game today and some massive improvements from him, but I still don't particularly think he's a great player technically, despite some impressive moments. I don't want to seem too critical though because he was very good today.[/QUOTE]

He's had about two seasons playing like that in Everton. Some people will just never appreciate.
 
Good game again. Love to see someone turn it around, but still too early to tell. Could well turn out to be an assett for us though.
 
Someone said:
It's like we've made a new signing out of the blue.

He did a great job today, motm for me, we now have a role for him that he's comfortable with, his confidence should be soaring now and i fully expect him to start against city.
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Yeah, it seems like we have a new CM. :)
 
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Just from a brief skim. Plenty more veiled criticism and heavily guarded praise. If it were Herrera or Carrick who put in that performance, there would be much less negativity I would wager.
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Fair enough thats too harsh
 
He is good when he is near the opposition box, just play him behind the forwards instead of CM.
 
WR10 said:
His first touch was the reason we had precision balls from defence work today. 3/4 passes from Rojo were controlled and passed perfectly by Fellaini. Not sure where you saw him look poor
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I think it's just how clumsy he can look at times when he can't get his feet sorted out.

Played well overall today though. Would've been nice for him to get the goal at the end.
 
Walrus said:
Just from a brief skim. Plenty more veiled criticism and heavily guarded praise. If it were Herrera or Carrick who put in that performance, there would be much less negativity I would wager.
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That's because Carrick has established himself as a very good first team player while here, and Herrera has shown some very promising signs so far. Guarded praise is understandable for someone who's been quite shit for the majority of their time at the club. Today, most posters are saying he's been MOTM. That's a massive level of praise.
 
Walrus said:
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You're barking at the wrong tree with my comment, it was made during half-time and I've had him as a MOTM for last two matches, also been a stalwart defender of his last season.

You could say I was fan of his before it was popular. i'll get my coat
 
Thought he did really well today. And (something that amazed me) was pretty good on the ball too
 
Always thought he was a better player than he showed last season, certainly good enough to be a squad player here. The real question was whether he could deal with all the pressure he was under and actually contribute in key games as other squad players have for us in the past. The last couple of performances have been a good sign in that regard.

Was never and will never be good enough to be a regular starter for us but at least he is starting to look like he can be a useful option off the bench or in one off games. I'll happily take that from him at this stage.
 
I still didn't like his performance.
 
shamans said:
[QUOTE="Cheesy, post: 16638451, member: 62577"]One and a half good games though don't suddenly make him a good player - if we were going by that then Anderson and Cleverley would be judged as top players. Again, good game today and some massive improvements from him, but I still don't particularly think he's a great player technically, despite some impressive moments. I don't want to seem too critical though because he was very good today.
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He's had about two seasons playing like that in Everton. Some people will just never appreciate.[/QUOTE]

Again though, very different situation. He was a very good player for Everton, but I don't think anyone really believed he was the type of player we needed when we bought him, or that he's what you'd refer to as a top class player. He has his uses - and is getting the most out of them at the moment - but that doesn't mean we should all be forced to turn round and call him a great player who's proven us all wrong. If he continues like this? Fair enough, I'll admit I was wrong. But until then, I'll still believe he's a fairly average player technically. He's hit some good form, but lets see if he can sustain it.
 
That's the sort of performance we want to see on a regular basis from Marouane, that goal last week seems to have given him huge belief.
 
WR10 said:
His first touch was the reason we had precision balls from defence work today. 3/4 passes from Rojo were controlled and passed perfectly by Fellaini. Not sure where you saw him look poor
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To be honest I missed the first half, only watched the second. But he did nothing impressive for me in that half apart from the goal
 
Cheesy said:
Again though, very different situation. He was a very good player for Everton, but I don't think anyone really believed he was the type of player we needed when we bought him, or that he's what you'd refer to as a top class player. He has his uses - and is getting the most out of them at the moment - but that doesn't mean we should all be forced to turn round and call him a great player who's proven us all wrong. If he continues like this? Fair enough, I'll admit I was wrong. But until then, I'll still believe he's a fairly average player technically. He's hit some good form, but lets see if he can sustain it.
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I did and still do believe. I was in the newbs then and had a thread about how Fellaini will be an important player for us.

He'll perform like this again but in 5-10 games he'll have one crap game and all of you will shite on him again.
 
reelworld said:
To be honest I missed the first half, only watched the second. But he did nothing impressive for me in that half apart from the goal
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We were poor in the 2nd half up until minute 80, but he was still doing a good job winning balls in the 2nd half. The first half we completely dominated and he was a big reason for that, his hold up play and first touch were key in transitioning from defence to final third. All in all, man of the match today.
 
Ringo 07 said:
He was our man of the match today. First time he's really played well for us.He kept it simple, didn't lose possession and was great at at winning the ball back. He offers a lot more than Herrera in this moment with his major weakness being that he is not one for defence splitting passes which is pretty important for a box to box midfielder to be able to do from time to time
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Nonsense. Herrera is a much better footballer than Fellaini.
 
Was a force today. He's at his best in a forward position. Where does he play when Falcao comes back? I don't see him as a #10, or deeper in MF?
 
Cheesy said:
That's because Carrick has established himself as a very good first team player while here, and Herrera has shown some very promising signs so far. Guarded praise is understandable for someone who's been quite shit for the majority of their time at the club. Today, most posters are saying he's been MOTM. That's a massive level of praise.
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Why is guarded praise understandable? If a player puts in a good performance then you should be able to praise that performance. If he had played badly today then I really doubt that people here would be holding back on criticising him on the grounds that he had a good game on Monday.

Im going to repeat something I have said several times - Fellaini was signed on the last minute of deadline day, he had no preseason and played half of last season with a wrist injury. He was seen as a "Moyes Man" and was also presented to us as the CM signing that we desperately needed, when most were expecting a Kroos, Thiago or Fabregas. We paid over the odds as well.

None of that is Fellainis fault, but pretty much from day 1 he has had the fans on his back and against him. He was not a popular signing and most fans made up their minds on him very quickly. Last season was an unmitigated disaster, and for most of the squad that seems to be good enough grounds for writing off their performances - "because the entire team was shit last year." Yet with Fellaini this logic isnt extended to him - his performances last year were purely because he is apparently rubbish, even though - as explained above - he had more mitigating circumstances than most of the squad (no pre-season, playing with an injury etc).

I could go on, but honestly im not going to waste my time because when it comes to trying to defend Fellaini on here, it is like talking to a brick wall.



edit: As others have said though those who are so surprised that Fellaini can actually control the ball well, pass well, tackle well etc - obviously didnt watch him at Everton. His all-round game is massively underrated on here.
 
Wow I'm surprised he's getting such positive comments. I thought he was frustrating today. He got some basic stuff right, but he doesn't contribute enough - he makes a two yard pass and then lumbers into the box and waits there for it to be crossed in. Defensively he was alright but far from imposing.
 
Rowem said:
Wow I'm surprised he's getting such positive comments. I thought he was frustrating today. He got some basic stuff right, but he doesn't contribute enough - he makes a two yard pass and then lumbers into the box and waits there for it to be crossed in. Defensively he was alright but far from imposing.
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What game did you watch exactly?

Sesme like some people just wont let go, some even wont say he's been good.
 
WR10 said:
We were poor in the 2nd half up until minute 80, but he was still doing a good job winning balls in the 2nd half. The first half we completely dominated and he was a big reason for that, his hold up play and first touch were key in transitioning from defence to final third. All in all, man of the match today.
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Fair enough if that was the case, I hope he come good though, but I still want Herrera start when he's healthy
 
shamans said:
He was box to box today. Made occasional runs into the box.
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Yeah. That's fair. He was all over. As an attacker though I think he's more dangerous in an advanced role.

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